Wind-screen for vehicles.



D. PERCEVAL. WWO SCREEN FOB VEHICLES, APPLICATION FILED FEB. r. 1916.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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WIND-SCREEN FOR. VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 2, 1918.

Application filed February 7, 1916. Serial No. 76,644.

To all whom, it may concern:

lie it-known that I, DUDLEY Pnncnvan, a subject of'the King of GreatBritain, and resident of London, England, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in lVind-Screens for Vehicles, of which the theinvention is to render one size of screen adaptable for attachment todifferent vehicles.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination,location, and arrangement, all as will be more fully hereinafter setforth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing the wind screen attached to a side car in the open position withthe apron removed, and Fig. 2 shows the screen in its closed positionwith the apron in place.

In the construction and operation of a wind screen it has previouslybeen proposed to employ a hinge on one side upon which the screen canswivel so as .to be moved away for convenience in entering or leaving acar, and this invention is of that type, and it consists in a simple andefi'ective construction and arrangement wherebythe desired results aresecured and which will now be described more in detail.

Referring to the drawings, a, l) are two supports attached by means of aclip such as 0 to the door frame of the vehicle; pillars (I, e, occupythe sleeves a, b, rising and falling therewith according to the positionof the sleeves in the clips 0; one of these pillars d is formed with abent end terminating as one halffof the clip 9, by which it holds thetubular horizontal cross bar it so as to be turnable therein if thescrews of the clip are slacken'ed, and by means of which the said crossbar will work as a hinge about the support, a as a pivot. The plvotmovement of the pillar (Z is limited by a pin a fixed thereto andtraveling in the slot '2;- in the sleeve a. Near the other end of thebar it a second clip j is attached provided with the projecting forkpiece so disposed as to embrace the pillar 6 when the screen is in itsoperative position; the top of the pillar c is provided with a collar,or'shoulder, and with a finger nut Z, by means of which the Fork 71-; issecured to the said pillar when closed.

At. the ends of the tubular cross bar it upstanding sockets are providedto receive the uprights m, n, which carry the middle window 0, and sidewings 1mg, are attached to the uprights m, "a, respectively by means ofbrackets r, c, which can be secured at any convenient angle by means offinger bolts a; by removingthe said bolts from their threads the wings,p, 9, -may be removed altogether, pins on the bottom brackcts 1" beinglowered from engagement with the uprights m, n. e

By adjustment of the clips 0 the sleeves, 7), with their containedpillars d, 0, may he raised or lowered as desired, and in order to tillany space that may be left between the bottom of the screen and the carbody an apron t is provided attached to the bottom of the screen panel 0so as to close any opening that is left and keep out the weather. i

By adjustment of the clips 9 and j (by. slackening the screws 2 whichconnect the two parts; of the clips and then ire-tightening them) theangle of tilt of the screen may be varied to suit a passenger; it willreadily be seen also that the clips 9, 3' being movable on the bar 72.are easily adaptedto cars of different width, which isa point ofconsiderable advantage in connection with a screen of this character.

In the case of a screen for protecting two seats both the bar i and themiddle panel 0 of the screen may be hinged so that they will openwithout discomfort to the occupants of a front seat.

I am aware that a screen has previously been proposed for motor carswhich is piv otally held on one side by means of a side of the screenframe being extended to enter a pivot support, and also that a rigidlyheld cross bar has been proposed, and I do not wish to be understood asclaiming such elements in themselves.

While I have shown and described a wind screen as applied to a side caras an operative embodiment of the principle of my invention I do notdesire to be restricted thereto; but,

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention and forms ofapparatus embodying the same and having explained its construction,function, and mode of operation, what I claim as new and useful and ofmy own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wind screen for vehicles, an independent cross bar readilydetachable from its supports, a screen rigidly attached thereto, a bentpivot pillar attached to the said cros bar by means of an adjustableclip whereby the screen is turnably held forward of its supports, asecond adjustable clip and fork-attached to the said cross bar, a clipon one side of the vehicle framework, a pivot tube'adjustably carriedtherein, a clip on the otherside of the vehicle framework,

' a pillar and finger nut adjustably carried therein whereby the fork issecured when the screen is in operative position.

In awind screen for vehicles, a cross bar, uprights at each end thereofsupporting a central panel of the screen between them, an apron securedto and extending forwardly of the said panel, side panels adjustablypivoted and secured upon the said uprights, a bent pivot pillar attachedto the said cross bar by an adjustable clip in which the crossbar may berotated, a second adjustable clip and fork attached to the said crossbar, a clip on one side of the vehicle framework, a pivot tubeadjustably carried 5 therein, a clip on the other side of the vehiclefran'iework, a pillar and finger nut adjustably carried therein wherebythe fork is secured when the screen is in operative posi tion, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at London, England, this 21st day of January, A. D. 1916.

DUDLEY PERoEvAL.

l/Yitnesses:

W. H. CooeEsI-IELL, H. LovEDAY.

